Faucet



(No Model.)

O. .RUCHTI.

FAUGET. I a No. 471,574. Patented Mar. 29,1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTIAN RUCHTI, OF LOUISVILLE, O I-II O.

FAUCET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 471,574, dated March 29, 1892. Application filed October 29,1891. Serial No; 410,163. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LOHRIsTIAN RUCHTI, a citizen of Switzerland, and a resident of Louisville, county of Stark, State of Ohio, have invented a new and usefullmprovement in Faucets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in faucets; and it consists of certain features of construction and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a view in perspective, partly sectional, of a faucet illustrating my invention, showing valve closed. Fig. 2 is a similar view comprising the valve, valve-seat, coil-spring, stem, and slide; Fig. 3, 'a side elevation, partly sectional, showing valve open.

Similar letters of reference indicate COllG sponding parts in all of the figures of the drawings.

A represents the stem or body of the fancet, provided with the usual axial aperture a and a threaded aperture b to intersect the aperture a at right angles.

B is atubularportion having a plurality of diameters and provided at one end with a valve-seat c and an annular screw-thread d to correspond with the thread in the aperture b and a flange 6, From the flange e is projected a tube or cylinder portionf and a tube or stem portion g of smaller diameter, as shown, about which is placed a coil-spring h.

A tubular slide 0 is provided, having a plurality of diameters, as j in, the former larger than the latterand adapted to slide inside of shown in Fig. 3.

the oylinderf and thelatter to pass over and slide upon the smaller tube or stem g, as

This portion 0 is also provided with a flanged-out portion 00, by which the valve is operated, as will be hereinafter explained.

In the stem 9 is provided a slot Z, at the inner or-upper end of which is providedanotch or right-angled slot m. The valve-rod nis secured to the slide 0, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, having an offset or shoulder portion 0. The rod is passed up into the'tube, the bent or shoulder portion in the slot Z, and the valve D secured to the end of the rod, as shownin Fig. 3.

To operate the faucet the hand is placed over the body A with two of thefingers to grasp the flange 00, by which the slide O is raised to compress the spring andcarry with it the rod n, and thereby raise the valve D from the seat 0 to allow the liquid to flow through the faucet, and when the fingers relax to release the slide 0 the energy of the spring h, exerted downward, will move the slide down, and thereby close the valve D on the seat and stop the flow of liquid. When it is desired to have a continuous flow of liq uid, the valve may be secured in open position, as-shown in Fig. 3, by turning the shoulder 0 of the valve-rod into the retainingnotch m the desired length of time.

Having thus fully described the natureand operation of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

The combination, with the'apertured stem A, of the cylinder portion B, provided at Y its upper end portion with a valve-seat c and the screw-thread d and at its lower end portion with a downwardly-extended cylinder portionf and stem g, having a longitudinal slot Z and notch in, coil-spring h, valve D, rod n, and slide 0, adapted to slide into the cylinderf and on the stem G to raise the valve, substantially as described, and" for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I havehereunto set my hand this 10th day of October, A. D. 1891.

W. K. MILLER, CHAS. R. MILLER. 

